"Just don't go on about me never winning the big one," said John Sadler, adding a grin that told you he was in on the plot. And I won't. There is no good reason to point out that Sadler is to racing what Sergio Garcia was to golf, at least until the

The Portsmouth High Patriots, like almost every high school baseball team, kept a trick play in their pocket. Theirs was called the "phantom pickoff throw": The pitcher would spin as if making a pickoff attempt but keep the ball tucked in his glove.

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. -- Robert Yates was meticulous as an engine builder and pretty feisty as a car owner. If people bet against him, they did so at their own risk. He is taking that same attitude as he battles liver cancer. "It's tough," the 74-year

1. The best of the best Sergio Garcia, Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas won the four major championships in 2017. A victory in a major by itself makes it a great year, and any other wins -- Spieth has two others, Thomas three -- turns

LARAMIE, Wyo. -- On Nov. 20, 2014, near the end of Josh Allen's first season at junior college, he sent emails imploring someone -- anyone, really -- to give him a chance to be a Division I quarterback. The recipient list included not only every FBS

I have always enjoyed a mixture of music. A quick peek inside my iPhone reveals everything from Chris Stapleton to U2; I enjoy Stevie Nicks as well as Lord Huron. As I grow older, I appreciate more of the words and meaning from the music I&n

Partway through a long June day during a week of hopping from one satellite camp to the next, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh pulled out his Sharpie and started to scribble. He turned with a mischievous grin to share his message with the well-traveled me

Baseball commissioning must have seemed so easy at first. Rob Manfred took over in January 2015, announced his intention to speed up the game and immediately got results. A nine-inning game shrank by six minutes from 2014 to 2015, matching the larges

There are only three positions in baseball that have the force of law behind them. The pitcher really is the pitcher; once he comes into a game, he must face at least one batter before he can be replaced by another pitcher. The catcher really is the

It was two years ago that a scathing article was written after the Toronto Maple Leafs traded Phil Kessel to the Pittsburgh Penguins. The column penned by Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun purported that the Leafs had to deal Kessel because

The death of Frank Broyles on Monday at age 92 closes the chapter on one of the great success stories of the modern age of college football. Broyles spent 50 years at the University of Arkansas, shepherding the Razorbacks, first as head football coac

In September, the Los Angeles Kings and Vancouver Canucks will each travel 6,000-plus miles across the Pacific to play two preseason games. The exhibitions in Beijing and Shanghai -- the NHL's first venture into China -- signal that the league might

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Mike Thomas had tears in his eyes as he reached into his front, right pants pocket. His son, Justin, had clinched the 99th PGA Championship title only minutes earlier, but Mike already had the winning ball, a Titleist 2 with four r